Airplane toy



J. H. DAWSON AIRPLANE TOY Filed Nov. 20, 1950 Nov. 10, 1953 .INVENTR- Jokin HwMSOM ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 10, 1,953

AIRPLANE TOY John H. Dawson, Rockville, Md., assignor of onehalf to Helen Crosby McCabe, Rockville, Md.

Application November 20, 1950, Serial N o. 196,610

1 claim. 1

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a toy which will enable a child to simulate the various positions of flight such as straight ahead, dipping to the right or left or elevating the nose straight ahead, or to the right or left, bank, etc.

`An object of the invention is to provide an improved toy, preferably simulating the appearance of an airplane, which can be cheaply constructed and which will, by reason of its construction, provide entertainment and amusement for the child.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specication, as part thereof, in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved toy;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the toy;

Figure 3 is a transverse cross section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the device tilted to one of its stable positions.

The toy of the present invention comprises generally a body part A and a supporting base B upon which the body is mounted. i

The body A is preferably formed to simulate the appearance of an airplane and in the simple form herein illustrated, comprises a fore and aft element I shaped to simulate the fuselage having mounted at its forward end a propeller 2 pivotally mounted as upon a screw S and having laterally extending wings 4 4. The tail of the fuselage I is provided with stabilizers I and and the upper portion of the fuselage is notched, as at 5, to accommodate a seat 6 positioned centrally of the base B. Obviously, the form of this bodycan be varied as dictated by taste and expense to include more elaborate representations of an airplane.

The base B, as herein illustrated, comprises `fore and aft members Ill-I4, and transverse by having its lower portion set into notches II cut in the upper edges of the transverse members I0 and being secured thereto, as by screws I2.

Both the longitudinal members I4 and the transverse members IU of the base have their lower edges formed with a medial lineal surface I5 and end inclined ilat surfaces IE, so that the central ground contacting surfaces I5 oi the members I0 and I4 dene a normally horizontally disposed planar area substantially under the seat 6. Similarly, the angularly inclined ground contacting surfaces I6 define a plurality of planar areas extending outwardly and upwardly from the central planar area and completely surrounding the same. Thus, in the specific embodiment of the device herein illustrated, the central planar area defined by the central ground contacting surfaces I5, is surrounded by two laterally disposed angularly inclined areas defined by the 'outer ends of the two transverse members Iii-i0, also by two fore and aft areas defined by the front and rear inclined surfaces I6 of the longitudinal members Ii-I Il, and with diagonally opposed inclined areas defined by the outer inclined surfaces i6 of the longitudinal and transverse members, respectively, so that a child sitting Yin. the seat ii can selectivelytilt the toy to one oi eight selected positions in each of which the entire toy will be held in a stable position simulating a position of flight commonly employed with actual planes. Thus, the plane can, if desired, be permitted to rest on its normally horizontally base defined by the centralground contacting surfaces i5 of the respective longitudinal and transverse members, or, if desired, it may be tilted forwardly and downwardly to simulate diving, or rearwardly to simulate climbing, or laterally to the right or left to simulate banking, or diagonally to the right or left forwardly to simulate downward. banking. It will be observed that by reason of the straight lineal formation oi the ground contacting surfaces, the toy will enjoy substantial stability in any one of the selected positions, thus enabiing the child to enjoy the sensation of a continuous glide or bank for any desired period of time in any of the selected positions.

Various modifications of the structure of the base with respect to the number of the supporting members, their angular disposition and the like, will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art but will be within the scope of the present invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described the invention, I claim:

Toy airplane comprising a body simulating an airplane, including a seat, a support upon which said body is mounted, said support comprising spaced longitudinal members and spaced transverse members, mutually intersecting at points intermediate their ends forming a rectangular frame with exterior angles at the corners, the under faces of said frame being flat and lying in a common plane forming a horizontal supporting basa'the under faces of the outer portions of said members that form the exterior angles being at and inclined upwardly from the plane of said frame, any pair of adjacent outer portions,

forming a dat and stable supporting base.

JOHN I-I. DAWSON.

References Cited in the le 0f this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number D. 152,524 89,317 871,683 2,417,618 441,401

Name Date Flatt Feb. 1, 1949 Hursh Apr. 27, 1869 Flindall Nov. 19, 1907 Scott Mar. 18, 1947 Eckstein May 1,'1, 1948 Waldheim Sept. '20, 1949 Rowden Feb. 13, 1951 i ww.; 4 

